BIRMINGHAM – The most historic basketball season in the Dothan Wolves’ brief existence came to a halt Thursday morning.
The Wolves couldn’t overcome a nine-minute scoring drought in the first half in falling to the Hoover Buccaneers 53-41 in a Class 7A state semifinal game at the BJCC Legacy Arena.
People are also reading… The loss didn’t put a damper on the season, said coach Jeremy Bynum, who was in his first year with the program. Meanwhile, Hoover advanced to Saturday’s championship game against either Central of Phenix City or Spain Park. The Buccaneers seek their first state title since 2015.
After trailing most of the game by double digits, the Wolves made a charge late in the third and early in the fourth quarter. The Wolves sliced a 16-point deficit to 10 by the end of the third quarter and cut it to 40-32 early in the fourth on a Menefee foul line jumper. After a 3-pointer by Menefee from the top of the key with 5:33 left in the first quarter sliced Hoover’s lead to 6-5, the Wolves didn’t score again until a putback by Dowd with 4:10 to go in the second quarter.
“They are one of the biggest teams we have played and they kind of shrunk the floor on us. This is our first time being on this stage and I think – I wouldn’t say shell-shocked – but we were playing hesitant, not wanting to make a mistake.”
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